CYNOSURA

, a name given by the Greeks, to ursa minor, or little bear, otherwise called Charles's wain; the star in the extremity of the tail being called the pole star.

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Entry taken from A Mathematical and Philosophical Dictionary, by Charles Hutton, 1796.

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CYGNUS
CYLINDER
CYLINDRICAL
CYLINDROID
CYMATIUM
* CYNOSURA
CYPHER